Shredded Paper Nests and Branches

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Nestling Into Easter

If you’ve ever wondered how to make a bird’s nest out of paper, this is the tutorial for you. It is such a simple project that can be great for themed party decor, especially Easter. You can even craft these up with your kids. All you need is a regular paper grocery bag and you are well on your way to making a set of shredded paper nests. We are incorporating these nests into our Easter brunch table, along with some gorgeous Easter egg name cards. For added decoration, we made simple branches with crepe leaves to set underneath the nests, just like you might see in nature. Follow along with the tutorial below!

Tools

Scissors

Low Temperature Hot Glue Gun

Needle Nose Pliers

Two Small Bowls (one to use as a mold for the nest, one for mixing the paper mache)

Materials

Green Crepe Paper [Extra Fine: Cypress, Green Tea; Floristic: Pine]

Plastic Wrap

Brown Paper Bag

Paper Covered Floral Wire

Wheat Paste

Steps

Gather the tools and materials listed above. Shred paper bag in a paper shredder, or cut small strips by hand.

Line a bowl with plastic wrap.

Use your seccond bowl to mix about 2 cups of wheat paste, according to the package instructions. Submerge your paper strips into the paste.

Squeeze the paste from the paper strips and press into the bowl lined with plastic wrap. Use about 3 layers of overlapping paper strips, well saturated in paste.

Tips

Because you are using a bowl as your mold for making your DIY paper nests, you can use this technique to make nests in any size. It’s a perfect way to use up those brown grocery bags that you (probably) have lying around, and you can also throw in any scrap paper you have for more color variation. We decided to use Whole Foods paper bags because they have have green text/graphics that look great when they’re shredded. If you don’t have any wheat paste, another option is to use diluted Mod Podge. Either should work well!

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